Instrument for grating green corn



BENJN. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INSTRUMENT FOR GRATING GREEN CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,259, dated February 12, 18156.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN TAYLOR, of the city of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Instrument forGrating Green Corn; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the figures and letters of referencemarked thereon.

My invention relates to an apparatus for reducing green corn to a pulp,to be used for various articles of diet, and consists of a flat orconcave piece of wood or metal supported on legs and having an oblonghole, across which is placed longitudinally a metal scraper Whose edgeprojects above the said iat or concave piece. To the latter are secureda series of short vspikes arranged a short distance from each other andlongitudinally along the edge of the oblong hole. A flat piece of woodwith projecting spikes for piercing the cob or corn enables the operatorto rub the latter backward and forward against the spikes and scraper,the former of which tears and opens the kernels and the latter removesthe pulp, which drops through the oblong hcle into any convenientreceptacle below, leaving nearly all the skin or hull adhering to thecob.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the drawing which forms a part of this specification,Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved instrument; Fig. 2, aview of the cob holder; Fig. 3, an inverted plan of the same; Fig. 4L, aground plan of the grater; Fig. 5, a transverse section of the same;Fig. 6, a transverse section showing a modied form of grater.

The same letters of reference allude to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A is a flat or concave piece of wood or metal attached to the legs B,and having in the middle an oblong opening G, across which is 'securedthe metal scraper C projecting with its edge about an eighth of an inchabove the surface of A. A series of spikes cl about three siXteenths ofan inch high and about an eighth of an inch apart are rangedlongitudinally with the opening G and about three eighths of an inchfrom its edge. In some instances I place a similar row of spikes on theopposite side cf the opening, but for general purposes I find one rowsuliicient.

E is the cob holder having a series of spikes f, f, which penetrate thecob and thus enable the operator to rub the same backward and forwardagainst the spikes Z and scraper C, eifectually tearing open the kernelsof corn removing the pulp, which drops through the opening G, andleaving mcst of the skin and hull adhering to the co Viewing theapparatus as shown in Fig.

5 the piece A with the spikes and scraper is straight, it may however beconcave as seen in Fig. 6 the spikes and scraper being curved tocorrespond.

In removing the pulp from corn an ordinary tin grater has been hithertoused rendering the process tedious and ineffective. By my instrumenttwelve ears of corn can be reduced to pulp with facility in ten minutes.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The flat orconcave piece of wood or metal A with its opening G, scraper C, and oneor more rows of spikes cl, the whole being arranged and constructedsubstantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

BENJ. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, WILLIAM E. WALTON.

